But although individuals believe, the mass of the people are only perplexed, and the authorities are exasperated.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Some of the questions which perplexed her she would have liked to ask her mother, but in spite of their charming intimacy she could not bring herself to speak of them.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Then a troubled and perplexed expression came over his face, and he turned to his daughter.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey